Mrs. Blandings, your fans are clamoring to know what you wore to this affair! (Also, as a transplanted Kansas Citian, reading your blog makes me homesick. Natasha made our wedding cake and it was DIVINE.)

Bex - that IS funny. I was not being coy; David did nor forward a pic with me in it. You can glimpse me in the second to the last photo, back left. One shoulder, black and white floral. Fitted bodice, full skirt, just above the knee.

We love David Jimenez's pictures from Dining by Design. The color combination are great paired with all the turquoise accessories. Where did they find all of those turquoise chairs? It looked like a wonderful gala evening, especially with the confectionery cake to top it off!

Mrs. Blandings it is wonderful to actually see a photo you, you mysterious blog-goddess... goodness you are RAVISHING! (and Mr. B is quite a hunk too!) Love your dress, love the table, love the whole affair...

The kind of evening that's so good when they rang the final bell I would have cried 'No' & immediately burst into tears! Oh & Patricia, please package up Phil Scaglia & put him on the next Qantas plane to Sydney - yummy is a very adequate description.Millie ^_^P.S. Tell Mr. B. he scrubbed up OK as well!

honest- how did I miss all this? I must have be buried under books. this looks pretty swell and what a swell party too- looks like a perfect tie in to Mrs Blandings International Bloggers Weekend dates to be announced. LA

Patricia O'Dell Shackelford

aka Mrs. Blandings

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I wandered into one of my favorite shops eight years ago to buy a dog ball and, through a very indirect route, ended up here writing about decorating, my family and life. My posts are not as frequent as they used to be, but you're welcome to drop in anytime.

What's that? Why "Mrs. Blandings?" Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1940's movie starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy chronicling their adventures in renovating. In the movie, Loy delivers an iconic description of paint colors that nearly every design aficionado knows by heart. She is my muse.